geldof says that i it is somethg that will todaday. bobanter putin, that fool trump, that befududdld more on johnson -- moron johnson, can you imagine them sitting down and talking? reporter: his words can be disputed, but his passion cannot. bob geldof's big gamble became one of the defining moments in the history of pop music. >> ♪ feet of the world brent: that was the summer of 1985. you are watching "dw news." i'm brent goff in berlin. after short break, i will take you through "the day." trump at war with science, but that is not stopping the coronavirus. we will be right back. [captioning performed by the national captitioning instititu, which isis responsiblele for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] twenty four i'm from thirty four .com. florida zip code nineteen cases rise again after the single day record on sunday monday seen almost as many cases. again i wouldn't say they still intend to hold a convention in jacksonville florida with socicial distancing musk's in my opinion. kaplan called state. of the cases ris

shocked bob geldof so he turned to his friends in the music world for help. no contracts with anybody nothing no like what so maybe they wouldn't come on the. and so on. one of the biggest questions would people call in and donate here and given the money there are people dying now so give me the money and here's the number 3 dollars. an industry of excess and the world's poorest it was a gamble. so i said to david watch this. we sat there and tears so we just heroes then he says i'd like to do what feels like talk and that's when the phone lines everywhere in the world just what you just blew up. that was it all just to show it helped a british band queen make their comeback but critics have questioned whether the concert achieved it's true goal. bob did a great thing that helped untold numbers of people at the time and those people now have descendants who would not be living and you can argue forever how effective it was in the medium to long term that made the world aware of famine in africa just as a gretta now teaches us about climate change the concert